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    Jean Piché

    Piché, Jean. Composer, teacher, b Trois-Rivières, Que, 21 Apr 1951. B MUS (Laval) 1975, MA (Simon Fraser) 1980.

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    Jean-Pierre Ferland

    Jean-Pierre Ferland, singer, songwriter, television host, actor (born 24 June 1934 in Montreal; died 27 April 2024). Jean-Pierre Ferland was recognized as one of the greatest chansonniers in Quebec and the entire French-speaking world. A romantic singer par excellence, he started with the Les Bozos in 1959. He broke out in 1962, winning first prize in a Francophonie contest with “Feuille de gui.” In 1968, he won the Grand prix de l’Académie Charles-Cros for “Je reviens chez nous.” “Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin” became a francophone anthem and received SOCAN’s Cultural Impact Award in 2023. Ferland was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier of the Ordre national du Québec, an Officier of the Ordre de la Pléiade and a Compagnon of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec. He and five of his signature songs were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007.

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    Jean-Pierre Guindon

    Jean-Pierre Guindon. Choir conductor, teacher, b Montreal 24 Apr 1939. After studying voice and choral and orchestral conducting at the CMM and at the École normale de musique, he led a dual career devoted to teaching at the Lionel-Groulx Cegep and choral conducting.

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    Jean-Pierre Hurteau

    (Joseph Armand) Jean-Pierre Hurteau. Bass, b Montreal 5 Dec 1924; premier prix (CMM) 1955. He took voice lessons 1947-9 with Sarah Fischer, and a Sarah Fischer Concerts scholarship in 1949 enabled him to make his recital debut at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

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    Jean-Pierre Lefebvre

    Lefebvre, Jean-Pierre Jean Pierre Lefebvre, filmmaker (b at Montréal 17 Aug 1941). Lefebvre's remarkable films, most made on low budgets, present a singularly personal body of work. His first 3 features, including the magnificent Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça (1967), were made independently, and his work began to attract international attention. In 1967 he joined the NATIONAL FILM BOARD, where he made 2 features and produced the films of a number of young...

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    Jean-Pierre Perreault

    In 1981, having followed Le Groupe to Ottawa, he resigned the co-directorship and returned to Montréal as an independent choreographer and teacher.

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    Jean-Pierre Pinson

    Jean-Pierre Pinson. Musicologist, teacher, flutist, b Orléans, France, 12 Dec 1943; L LITT (Poitiers) 1967; Certificate in musicology (Poitiers) 1977, MA musicology (Montreal) 1977, PH D musicology (Montreal) 1981.

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    Jean-Pierre Ronfard

    Jean-Pierre Ronfard, actor, author, producer, theatre director (b at Thivencelles, France, 1929; d 23 Sep 2003).

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    Jean-Pierre Vetter

    Jean-Pierre Vetter. Pianist, teacher, b Vevey, Switzerland, 18 Nov 1927, naturalized Canadian 1961, d Montreal 14 May 1987; diplôme de virtuosité (Lausanne Cons) 1948. After his studies at the Lausanne Cons he took further training 1949-50 in Florence with Rio Nardi and in Siena with Guido Agosti.

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    Jean Réti Forbes

    Jean Réti Forbes (b Sahlmark, m Réti, m Forbes). Pianist, teacher, musicologist, editor, b Saltcoats (near Yorkton), Sask, 19 May 1911, naturalized US 1965, d Athens, Ga, 7 May 1972; ATCM 1930, LRAM 1933.

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    Jean Riddez

    Jean (Arthur) Riddez. Baritone, teacher, b Lille, France, 10 Mar 1875, naturalized Canadian ca 1928, d Montreal 2 Sep 1939: premiers prix voice, declamation, opéra-comique (Lille Cons) 1897, premiers prix voice, opéra-comique, opera (Paris Cons) 1900.

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    Jean Southworth

    Ethel Jean Southworth. Journalist, b Omemee, near Lindsay, Ont, 9 Jan 1923, d Ottawa, Ont, 23 May 2008; BA history (Toronto) 1944. She studied organ with Godfrey Hewitt.

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    Jean Stilwell

    (Marcia) Jean Stilwell. Mezzo-soprano, b Toronto 14 Aug 1955. She studied singing beginning in 1973 at the RCMT with William Perry and, later, privately with Patricia Kern.

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    Jean Vallerand

    Jean Vallerand, composer, critic, administrator, teacher, violinist (b at Montréal 24 Dec 1915; d at Montréal 24 Jun 1994). His career as a critic began on Le Canada in 1941, followed by Montréal-Matin, LE

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    Jean Vallerand

    In 1940 Vallerand won the Schumann trophy at the Festival-concours de musique du Québec for his song "Les Roses à la mer," later performed by Jeanne Desjardins and Mary Henderson.

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